“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought,” said Sun Tzu in Art of War. In my earlier post, I had written about how the intrepid traveler prepares for each trip like a general for a war. I am willing to lay my neck on the...

There is this old chestnut about George Mallory. When someone asked him why he wanted to climb  Mt Everest, he replied, “Because it is there.” Mallory was the forerunner of the intrepid traveler or Homo Intrepidus Traveleris. Resolute, determined to reach the destination by hook or crook or hitch hiking, she prepares for every trip...